Psalms 27

A psalm to David; before his anointing.

27:1The lord is my illumination and my deliverer, in whom shall I fear? The lord is the defender of my life, from whom shall I be timid?

27:2In the approaching against me by the ones inflicting evil to devour my flesh, the ones afflicting me, and my enemies, they weakened and fell.

27:3If a camp should deploy against me, my heart shall not fear. If war should rise up against me, in this I will be hopeful.

27:4One thing I asked of the lord, this I shall seek -- for me to dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life; for me to view the delightfulness of the lord, and to visit his holy temple.

27:5For he hides me in his tent; in a day of my evils he sheltered me in concealment of his tent; in a rock he raised me up high.

27:6And now behold, he raised up high my head over my enemies. I encircled and sacrificed in his tent a sacrifice of praise and of a shout; I shall sing and strum to the lord.

27:7Hear, O lord, my voice which I cried out! Show mercy on me, and hear me!

27:8To you my heart said, I seek the lord, I sought after you with my face. Your face, O lord, I shall seek.

27:9You should not turn your face from me, and you should not turn aside in anger from your servant. Become my helper! Do not curse me to be far away, and do not abandon me, and do not overlook me, O God my deliverer!

27:10For my father and my mother abandoned me, but the lord took me to himself.

27:11Establish the law for me, O lord, in your way! And guide me in the straight road, because of my enemies!

27:12Do not deliver me into the souls of ones afflicting me! For unjust witnesses rose up against me; for unjustness lied to herself.

27:13I trust to behold the good things of the lord in the land of the living.

27:14Wait on the lord! Be manly and fortify your heart, and wait on the lord!